China is encouraging its ships to turn to the Arctic as a way of cutting transit times for transporting goods between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, government-run newspapers China Daily reported. The Northwest Passage, a sea route connecting the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Ar
The 10th Bristol Tidal Energy Forum will provide an opportunity to hear from experts and industry leaders from tidal energy sector, while offering updates on tidal energy developments.
Norway’s Island Offshore has secured a long term contract for one of its offshore supply vessels. The Island Champion platform supply vessel will now go on a two year contract with ASCO Marine Limited. The shipowner did not reveal the financial details of the arrangement but only said the deal was r
The story of offshore wind farms moving farther from shore and wind turbines being installed in deeper waters does not finish with gigantic vessels and foundations, but extends to the almost entire supply chain, where equipment is also getting bigger and services are being adapted to the industry’s
The Dutch port of Rotterdam experienced a slight increase in the total volume of cargo handled during the first quarter of 2016, as a mere 0.2 percent rise to 116.9 million tonnes was seen against the corresponding period a year earlier. The increase in volume was mainly attributed to crude oil and
LNG throughput volumes at the Dutch Gate terminal dropped substantially in the first quarter of this year, according to data released by the Port of Rotterdam on Wednesday. The throughput volumes (incoming and outgoing) fell 72.6 percent on year to 142,000 tonnes of LNG, the data showed. According t
BHP Billiton, the Australian conglomerate, will invest $2.7 billion in petroleum activities in 2016. Around a half of the amount, $1.4 billion, will be spent on “high-return” infill drilling opportunities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and life extension projects at Bass Strait and North West Shelf in A
France’s Total informed on Tuesday it has created a Gas, Renewables and Power unit as it looks to prepare for the medium and long-term challenges.
DONG Energy and Seacat Services have signed a two-year contract for four crew transfer vessels to support construction operations at the Race Bank offshore wind farm. Ian Baylis, Managing Director of Seacat Services, said: “Our work with DONG Energy on Race Bank over the coming months will enable us
By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Freya Berry and Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Chemical giant ChemChina approached BG Group with a possible bid late last year, just as Royal Dutch Shell was preparing to close a $52 billion (36.11 billion pound) deal to buy the British energy company, seven banking and industry
Japan’s imports of liquefied natural gas dropped 6.2 percent in the fiscal year that ended March 31, preliminary data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance showed on Wednesday. The world’s largest buyer of chilled gas imported 83.57 million mt of LNG in the fiscal year spanning from April 2015-March 2016
The Norwegian offshore shipowner Olympic Shipping is gearing up to reactivate one of its offshore vessels. In a statement on Wednesday, Olympic Shipping said that its Olympic Octopus anchor handling tug and supply vessel would return from layup, and start a contract with an undisclosed client. The s
Bureau Veritas has developed guidelines for walk-to-work (W2W) motion compensated Offshore Access Systems (OAS), which are used to transfer personnel to and from offshore installations. Matthieu de Tugny, Senior Vice-President and Head of Offshore, Bureau Veritas, said: “With these new guidelines th
The United States federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday granted Cheniere’s request to introduce feed gas to Sabine Pass LNG facility’s Train 2 for commissioning.
